SOL - Write a message to the guitar lady

You write "Hello" on the scrap and pass it through to the cell where the guitar sounds come from.

The sounds stop.

You are dry and have your clothes back on by the time the note comes back. You pick it up, but no words are written on it. Instead, there is a bad drawing... like a map. You think you understand.

You go to your toilet and push on it. To your surprise, you are able to move it aside. There is a small tunnel behind your cell. You stick your head in, then crawl down to the next cell and knock gently on the toilet.

It moves aside, and you go through.

A girl your age is walking back to her bunk. She sits down and picks up her guitar. She has brown hair and looks very somber.

"Hello," you say.

"Hi," she replies.

You don't know what to say.

"Are you escaping?" you ask her, pointing at the tunnel.

"No. I didn't dig that. It's just there," she says, plucking at her guitar.

"I just came here," you say.

She nods.

"How do we get out of solitary?" you ask her.

"Vi decides when you're ready."

"I have to behave?"

The girl nods. "She looks sad. I think Cait dumped her again."

"Is Cait the other guard?"

The girl nods again. "Maybe you could get on Vi's good side if you wanted to."

You think you understand what the girl means.

"Do you do that?" you ask her.

"No." The girl sighs. "But there's no shame in it. If you want to go back upstairs."

You do. Being in prison is bad enough, but being stuck in this basement is the worst.

The girl seems nice enough, but she is not interested in you. She sighs and gives you another piece of advice. "They check the cells. You better go back. It's almost dinner."